Toilet seat cover sheets and continuous toilet seat cover reels

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates to continuous toilet seat cover reel having a predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets. Each toilet seat cover sheet includes a seat cover portion and a splash prevention tongue. Seat cover portion includes a sheet separation marking line printed between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets to indicate where toilet seat cover sheet is cut from the continuous toilet seat cover reel. Printed sheet separation marking line between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets guides a user to cut the toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat cover reel. Splash prevention tongue includes a predetermined number of attached segments and a predetermined number of detached segments along its outer edge to allow a user to separate partially the splash prevention tongue from the seat cover portion and allow the splash prevention tongue to hang into a toilet to prevent splash.

FIELD

The present disclosure generally relates to the field of bathroomsupply, and more particularly to toilet seat cover sheets, andcontinuous toilet seat cover reels.

BACKGROUND

In order to prevent certain transmitted diseases, some sanitary toiletsin public bathrooms are provided with toilet seat cover sheets.Currently, single pull-up toilet seat cover sheet or folded toilet seatcover sheets are widely used in toilets in public bathrooms. For thesingle pull-up toilet seat cover sheet, a user has to take the toiletsear cover sheet from a package, unfold the folded toilet sear coversheet, and put on the toilet seat. For the folded toilet seat coversheets, the user still has to take the folded toilet seat cover sheetsout of a container, unfold the folded toilet sear cover sheet, and puton the toilet seat. It is not convenient to use either one of the toiletseat cover sheets.

It is desirable for the user to retrieve a flat toilet seat cover sheetand directly put over the toilet seat. Such flat toilet seat coversheets may be provided through a continuous seat cover sheet reel.Currently, there is no machine that can manufacture the continuous seatcover sheet reels.

Therefore, an unaddressed need exists in the art to address theaforementioned deficiencies and inadequacies.

SUMMARY

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a toilet seat coversheet dispensed through an automatic toilet seat cover dispenser. Incertain embodiments, the toilet seat cover sheet includes a seat coverportion and a splash prevention portion. The seat cover portion includesa sheet separation marking line printed between two adjacent toilet seatcover sheets to indicate where the toilet seat cover sheet is cut from acontinuous toilet seat cover reel. The printed sheet separation markingline between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets guides a user to cutthe toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat cover reelwith a toilet seat cover dispensing system of the automatic toilet seatcover dispenser.

The splash prevention portion includes a splash prevention tongue havinga retention end and a bowl end, a predetermined number of attachedsegments and a predetermined number of detached segments along an outeredge of the splash prevention tongue to allow a user to separatepartially the splash prevention tongue from the seat cover portion andallow the splash prevention tongue to hang into a toilet to preventsplash. The retention end of the splash prevention tongue is located ata leading edge of each toilet seat cover sheet and exits the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser first.

In certain embodiments, the continuous toilet seat cover reel includes apredetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets, and each toilet seatcover sheet has a predetermined length L.

In certain embodiments, the retention end of the splash preventiontongue includes two vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines,one on each side of the retention end. Each of the vertical splashprevention perforated tear lines includes a predetermined number ofattached segments and a predetermined number of detached segments foreasy separation. The vertical splash prevention perforated tear linesare used by the user to partially separate the splash prevention tonguefrom the seat cover portion. The retention end of the splash preventiontongue remains attached to the seat cover portion, and the bowl end ofthe splash prevention tongue is separated from the seat cover portionand is hanging into the toilet bowl for presenting splash.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet includes a countingindicator. The counting indicator includes one of: an opto-electricalcounting hole punctured in a predetermined location of the toilet seatcover sheet, and a counting marking printed in a predetermined locationof the toilet seat cover sheet.

In certain embodiments, the automatic toilet seat cover dispenserincludes: a dispenser alert system, a dispenser sensing system, adispenser control system, and a toilet seat cover dispensing system. Thedispenser sensing system detects a user's demand of the toilet seatcover sheet. The dispenser sensing system includes: a push button switchfor the user to request the toilet seat cover sheet, and a motion sensorfor the user to request the toilet seat cover sheet.

In certain embodiments, the dispenser control system moves one toiletseat cover sheet out vertically at a time from the continuous toiletseat cover reel. The toilet seat cover dispensing system includes: asliding cutter for the user to cut the toilet seat cover sheet from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel along the printed sheet separationmarking line. In one embodiment, the sliding cutter is a manual drivensliding cutting mechanism for the user to cut the toilet seat coversheet from the continuous toilet seat cover reel along the printed sheetseparation marking line manually. In another embodiment, the slidingcutter is a motorized sliding cutting mechanism and the motorizedsliding cutter cuts the toilet seat cover sheet from the continuoustoilet seat cover reel along the printed sheet separation marking lineautomatically.

In certain embodiments, the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser isinstalled on a bathroom wall and the toilet seat cover sheet isdispensed vertically along a toilet seat cover sheet moving direction.When the user is in need of a toilet seat cover sheet, the useractivates the dispenser sensing system to signal that the user is inneed of the toilet seat cover sheet, the dispenser control system movesone toilet seat cover sheet out of the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser at a time from the continuous toilet seat cover reel, and thetoilet seat cover dispensing system cuts the toilet seat cover sheetalong the printed sheet separation marking line and delivers the cuttoilet seat cover sheet to the user.

In certain embodiments, the dispenser alert system of the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser includes: a dispenser alert indicator forindicating that the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser is out oftoilet seat cover sheets, and a wireless alert system for wireles slynotifying a management staff that the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser is out of toilet seat cover sheets.

In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a continuous toiletseat cover reel for an automatic toilet seat cover dispenser. In certainembodiments, the continuous toilet seat cover reel includes apredetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets, and each toilet seatcover sheet has a predetermined length L. All of the toilet seat coversheets are rolled into the continuous toilet seat cover reel. Each ofthe toilet seat cover sheets includes: a seat cover portion, and asplash prevention portion. The seat cover portion includes a sheetseparation marking line printed between two adjacent toilet seat coversheets to indicate where the toilet seat cover sheet is cut from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel. The printed sheet separation markingline between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets guides a user to cutthe toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat cover reelwith a toilet seat cover dispensing system of the automatic toilet seatcover dispenser.

The splash prevention portion includes a splash prevention tongue havinga retention end and a bowl end, a predetermined number of attachedsegments and a predetermined number of detached segments along an outeredge of the splash prevention tongue to allow a user to separatepartially the splash prevention tongue from the seat cover portion andallow the splash prevention tongue to hang into a toilet to preventsplash. The retention end of the splash prevention tongue is located ata leading edge of each toilet seat cover sheet and exits the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser first.

In certain embodiments, the retention end of the splash preventiontongue includes two vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines,one on each side of the retention end. Each of the vertical splashprevention perforated tear lines includes a predetermined number ofattached segments and a predetermined number of detached segments foreasy separation. The vertical splash prevention perforated tear linesare used by the user to partially separate the splash prevention tonguefrom the seat cover portion. The retention end of the splash preventiontongue remains attached to the seat cover portion, and the bowl end ofthe splash prevention tongue is separated from the seat cover portionand is hanging into the toilet bowl for presenting splash.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet includes a countingindicator. The counting indicator includes one of: an opto-electricalcounting hole punctured in a predetermined location of the toilet seatcover sheet, and a counting marking printed in a predetermined locationof the toilet seat cover sheet.

In certain embodiments, the automatic toilet seat cover dispenserincludes: a dispenser alert system, a dispenser sensing system, adispenser control system, and a toilet seat cover dispensing system. Thedispenser sensing system detects a user's demand of the toilet seatcover sheet. The dispenser sensing system includes: a push button switchfor the user to request the toilet seat cover sheet, and a motion sensorfor the user to request the toilet seat cover sheet.

In certain embodiments, the dispenser control system moves one toiletseat cover sheet out vertically at a time from the continuous toiletseat cover reel. The toilet seat cover dispensing system includes: asliding cutter for the user to cut the toilet seat cover sheet from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel along the printed sheet separationmarking line. In one embodiment, the sliding cutter is a manual drivensliding cutting mechanism for the user to cut the toilet seat coversheet from the continuous toilet seat cover reel along the printed sheetseparation marking line manually. In another embodiment, the slidingcutter is a motorized sliding cutting mechanism and the motorizedsliding cutter cuts the toilet seat cover sheet from the continuoustoilet seat cover reel along the printed sheet separation marking lineautomatically.

In certain embodiments, the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser isinstalled on a bathroom wall and the toilet seat cover sheet isdispensed vertically along a toilet seat cover sheet moving direction.When the user is in need of a toilet seat cover sheet, the useractivates the dispenser sensing system to signal that the user is inneed of the toilet seat cover sheet, the dispenser control system movesone toilet seat cover sheet out of the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser at a time from the continuous toilet seat cover reel, and thetoilet seat cover dispensing system cuts the toilet seat cover sheetalong the printed sheet separation marking line and delivers the cuttoilet seat cover sheet to the user.

In certain embodiments, the dispenser alert system of the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser includes: a dispenser alert indicator forindicating that the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser is out oftoilet seat cover sheets, and a wireless alert system for wireles slynotifying a management staff that the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser is out of toilet seat cover sheets.

These and other aspects of the present disclosure will become apparentfrom the following description of the preferred embodiment taken inconjunction with the following drawings, although variations andmodifications therein may be effected without departing from the spiritand scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings illustrate one or more embodiments of thedisclosure and, together with the written description, serve to explainthe principles of the disclosure. Wherever possible, the same referencenumbers are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or likeelements of an embodiment. The drawings do not limit the presentdisclosure to the specific embodiments disclosed and described herein.The drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placedupon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure, and wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates an automatic toilet seat cover dispenser dispensingtoilet seat cover sheets from a continuous toilet seat cover reelaccording to certain embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 shows detailed construction of the toilet seat cover sheetaccording to one embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 4 shows an enlarged bottom portion of the toilet seat cover sheetaccording to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure will now be described more fully hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodimentsof the disclosure are shown. This disclosure may, however, be embodiedin many different forms and should not be construed as limited to theembodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided sothat this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fullyconvey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Likereference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “on”another element, it can be directly on the other element or interveningelements may be present therebetween. In contrast, when an element isreferred to as being “directly on” another element, there are nointervening elements present. As used herein, the term “and/or” includesany and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third,etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components,regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions,layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These termsare only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer orsection from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus,a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed belowcould be termed a second element, component, region, layer or sectionwithout departing from the teachings of the present disclosure.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particularembodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended toinclude the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicatesotherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises”and/or “comprising,” or “includes” and/or “including” or “has” and/or“having” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features,regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, butdo not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features,regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/orgroups thereof.

Furthermore, relative terms, such as “lower” or “bottom”, “upper” or“top,” and “front” or “back” may be used herein to describe oneelement's relationship to another element as illustrated in the Figures.It will be understood that relative terms are intended to encompassdifferent orientations of the device in addition to the orientationdepicted in the Figures. For example, if the device in one of thefigures is turned over, elements described as being on the “lower” sideof other elements would then be oriented on “upper” sides of the otherelements. The exemplary term “lower”, can therefore, encompasses both anorientation of “lower” and “upper,” depending of the particularorientation of the figure. Similarly, if the device in one of thefigures is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” otherelements would then be oriented “above” the other elements. Theexemplary terms “below” or “beneath” can, therefore, encompass both anorientation of above and below.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientificterms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by oneof ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. It willbe further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly useddictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that isconsistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and thepresent disclosure, and will not be interpreted in an idealized oroverly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

As used herein, “around”, “about” or “approximately” shall generallymean within 20 percent, preferably within 10 percent, and morepreferably within 5 percent of a given value or range. Numericalquantities given herein are approximates, meaning that the term“around”, “about” or “approximately” can be inferred if not expresslystated.

Many specific details are provided in the following descriptions to makethe present disclosure be fully understood, but the present disclosuremay also be implemented by using other manners different from thosedescribed herein, so that the present disclosure is not limited by thespecific embodiments disclosed in the following.

The description will be made as to the embodiments of the presentdisclosure in conjunction with the accompanying drawings FIGS. 1 through4.

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a toilet seat coversheet 201 dispensed through an automatic toilet seat cover dispenser100, as shown in FIG. 1. In certain embodiments, the toilet seat coversheet 201 includes a seat cover portion 202 and a splash preventionportion 204. The seat cover portion 202 includes a sheet separationmarking line 211 printed between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets201 to indicate where the toilet seat cover sheet 201 is cut from acontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200. The printed sheet separationmarking line 211 between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets 201guides a user to cut the toilet seat cover sheet 201 from the continuoustoilet seat cover reel 200 with a toilet seat cover dispensing system104 of the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3, the splashprevention portion 204 includes a splash prevention tongue 206. Thesplash prevention tongue 206 includes a retention end 208 and a bowl end207. The retention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206 islocated at a leading edge of each toilet seat cover sheet 201 and exitsthe automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 first. The bowl end 207 ofthe splash prevention tongue 206 is located at an opposite end of thesplash prevention tongue 206. Once the toilet seat cover sheet 201 iscut from the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200, the user mayseparate the splash prevention tongue 206 partially from the seat coverportion 202, and lay the toilet seat cover sheet 201 on a toilet seatwith splash prevention tongue 206 matching the shape of the toilet bowl,and the retention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206 near atoilet water tank in the back. The bowl end 207 of the splash preventiontongue 206 hangs into the toilet to prevent potential splash while usingthe toilet.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4, a splashprevention tongue perforated tear line 214 is located around the bowlend 207 of the splash prevention tongue 206, a first vertical splashprevention perforated tear line 2151 is located on a left side ofretention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206, and a secondvertical splash prevention perforated tear line 2152 is located on aright side of retention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206. Apredetermined number of attached segments 212 and a predetermined numberof detached segments 216 are positioned along the first vertical splashprevention perforated tear line 2151, the splash prevention tongueperforated tear line 214, and the second vertical splash preventionperforated tear line 2152 to allow the user to separate partially thesplash prevention tongue 206 from the seat cover portion 202 and allowthe splash prevention tongue 206 to hang into a toilet to preventsplash. The retention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206 islocated at a leading edge of each toilet seat cover sheet 201 and exitsthe automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 first along a toilet seatcover sheet moving direction 250.

In certain embodiments, the retention end 208 of the splash preventiontongue 206 remains attached to the seat cover portion 202, and the bowlend of the splash prevention tongue 206 is separated from the seat coverportion 202 and is hanging into the toilet bowl for presenting splash.

In certain embodiments, the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200includes a predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets 201, andeach toilet seat cover sheet 201 has a predetermined length L. In oneembodiment, the length of the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) isapproximately 14 inches (35 CM) to fit a rounded toilet bowl shape. Inanother embodiment, the length of the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) isapproximately 18 inches (45 CM) to fit the elongated toilet bowl shape,as shown in FIGS. 1, and 3.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet 201 includes acounting indicator. In one embodiment, the counting indicator is anopto-electrical counting hole 222 punctured in a predetermined locationof the toilet seat cover sheet 201, the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser 100 uses a light source to count the toilet seat cover sheet201 through each passing opto-electrical counting hole 222. In anotherembodiment, the counting indicator is a counting marking 224 printed ina predetermined location of the toilet seat cover sheet 201, theautomatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 uses an optical reader tocount the toilet seat cover sheet 201 through each passing countingmarking 224.

In one embodiment, the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 isinstalled on a bathroom wall. In another embodiment, the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser 100 is installed on a side wall of abathroom stall. In yet another embodiment, the automatic toilet seatcover dispenser 100 is installed on a back wall over a toilet. Thetoilet seat cover sheet 201 is dispensed vertically along a toilet seatcover sheet moving direction 250 as shown in FIG. 1.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2, the automatic toilet seatcover dispenser 100 includes: a dispenser alert system 101, a dispensersensing system 102, a dispenser control system 103, a toilet seat coverdispensing system 104, and an electrical power system 105. The dispensersensing system 102 detects the user's demand of the toilet seat coversheet 201. In one embodiment, the dispenser sensing system 102 is a pushbutton switch 108 for the user to push when requesting the toilet seatcover sheet 201. In another embodiment, the dispenser sensing system 102is a motion sensor 106. When the user is in need of a toilet seat coversheet 201, the user waves a hand in front of the motion sensor 106 tosignal the demand of the toilet seat cover sheet 201.

In certain embodiments, after the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser100 receives the request of the toilet seat cover sheet 201, thedispenser control system 103 moves one toilet seat cover sheet 201 downvertically at a time from the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200. Thetoilet seat cover dispensing system 104 includes: a sliding cutter 109for cutting the toilet seat cover sheet 201 from the continuous toiletseat cover reel 200 along the printed sheet separation marking line 211.In one embodiment, the sliding cutter 109 is a manual driven slidingcutting mechanism for the user to cut the toilet seat cover sheet 201from the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200 along the printed sheetseparation marking line 211 manually. In another embodiment, the slidingcutter 109 is a motorized sliding cutting mechanism and the motorizedsliding cutter 109 cuts the toilet seat cover sheet 201 from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200 along the printed sheet separationmarking line 211 automatically.

In certain embodiments, when the user is in need of a toilet seat coversheet 201, the user activates the dispenser sensing system 102 to signalthat the user is in need of a toilet seat cover sheet 201, the dispensercontrol system 103 moves one toilet seat cover sheet 201 out of theautomatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 at a time from the continuoustoilet seat cover reel 200, and the toilet seat cover dispensing system104 cuts the toilet seat cover sheet 201 along the printed sheetseparation marking line 211 and delivers the cut toilet seat cover sheet201 to the user.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the dispenser alert system 101 ofthe automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 is a dispenser alertindicator 1011 for indicating that the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser 100 is out of toilet seat cover sheets 201 by lighting thedispenser alert indicator 1011. In another embodiment, as shown in FIG.1, the dispenser alert system 101 of the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser 100 is a wireless alert system 1012 (an electronic circuitinside of the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100) such that themaintenance staff may be electronically notified via emails or textmessage that the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 is out oftoilet seat cover sheets 201.

In one embodiment, the electrical power system 105 is one or morebatteries. In another embodiment, the electrical power system 105 is oneor more rechargeable batteries. In yet another embodiment, theelectrical power system 105 is an electrical power supply electricallyconnected to a wall outlet. In certain embodiments, the rechargeablebattery may include including lead-acid, nickel cadmium (NiCd), nickelmetal hydride (NiMH), lithium ion (Li-ion), and lithium ion polymer(Li-ion polymer). When the electrical power system 105 of the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser 100 is turned on, an electrical powerindicator 107 is lit up. When the electrical power system 105 of theautomatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 is turned off, the electricalpower indicator 107 is turned off.

In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a continuous toiletseat cover reel 200 for an automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100. Incertain embodiments, the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200 includesa predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets 201 and all of thetoilet seat cover sheets 201 are rolled into the continuous toilet seatcover reel 200. Each of the toilet seat cover sheet 201 on thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200 has a predetermined length L. Inone embodiment, the length of the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) isapproximately 14 inches (35 CM) to fit a rounded toilet bowl shape. Inanother embodiment, the length of the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) isapproximately 18 inches (45 CM) to fit the elongated toilet bowl shape,as shown in FIGS. 1, and 3.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3, each of thetoilet seat cover sheets 201 includes: a seat cover portion 202 and asplash prevention portion 204. The seat cover portion 202 includes asheet separation marking line 211 printed between two adjacent toiletseat cover sheets 201 to indicate where the toilet seat cover sheet 201is cut from a continuous toilet seat cover reel 200. The printed sheetseparation marking line 211 between two adjacent toilet seat coversheets 201 guides a user to cut the toilet seat cover sheet 201 from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200 with a toilet seat coverdispensing system 104 of the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3, the splashprevention portion 204 includes a splash prevention tongue 206. Thesplash prevention tongue 206 includes a retention end 208 and a bowl end207. The retention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206 islocated at a leading edge of each toilet seat cover sheet 201 and exitsthe automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 first. The bowl end 207 ofthe splash prevention tongue 206 is located at an opposite end of thesplash prevention tongue 206. Once the toilet seat cover sheet 201 iscut from the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200, the user mayseparate the splash prevention tongue 206 partially from the seat coverportion 202, and lay the toilet seat cover sheet 201 on a toilet seatwith splash prevention tongue 206 matching the shape of the toilet bowl,and the retention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206 near atoilet water tank in the back. The bowl end 207 of the splash preventiontongue 206 hangs into the toilet to prevent potential splash while usingthe toilet.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4, a splashprevention tongue perforated tear line 214 is located around the bowlend 207 of the splash prevention tongue 206, a first vertical splashprevention perforated tear line 2151 is located on a left side ofretention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206, and a secondvertical splash prevention perforated tear line 2152 is located on aright side of retention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206. Apredetermined number of attached segments 212 and a predetermined numberof detached segments 216 are positioned along the first vertical splashprevention perforated tear line 2151, the splash prevention tongueperforated tear line 214, and the second vertical splash preventionperforated tear line 2152 to allow the user to separate partially thesplash prevention tongue 206 from the seat cover portion 202 and allowthe splash prevention tongue 206 to hang into a toilet to preventsplash. The retention end 208 of the splash prevention tongue 206 islocated at a leading edge of each toilet seat cover sheet 201 and exitsthe automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 first along a toilet seatcover sheet moving direction 250.

In certain embodiments, the retention end 208 of the splash preventiontongue 206 remains attached to the seat cover portion 202, and the bowlend of the splash prevention tongue 206 is separated from the seat coverportion 202 and is hanging into the toilet bowl for presenting splash.

In certain embodiments, the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200includes a predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets 201, andeach toilet seat cover sheet 201 has a predetermined length L. In oneembodiment, the length of the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) isapproximately 14 inches (35 CM) to fit a rounded toilet bowl shape. Inanother embodiment, the length of the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) isapproximately 18 inches (45 CM) to fit the elongated toilet bowl shape,as shown in FIGS. 1, and 3.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet 201 includes acounting indicator. In one embodiment, the counting indicator is anopto-electrical counting hole 222 punctured in a predetermined locationof the toilet seat cover sheet 201, the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser 100 uses a light source to count the toilet seat cover sheet201 through each passing opto-electrical counting hole 222. In anotherembodiment, the counting indicator is a counting marking 224 printed ina predetermined location of the toilet seat cover sheet 201, theautomatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 uses an optical reader tocount the toilet seat cover sheet 201 through each passing countingmarking 224.

In one embodiment, the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 isinstalled on a bathroom wall. In another embodiment, the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser 100 is installed on a side wall of abathroom stall. In yet another embodiment, the automatic toilet seatcover dispenser 100 is installed on a back wall over a toilet. Thetoilet seat cover sheet 201 is dispensed vertically along a toilet seatcover sheet moving direction 250 as shown in FIG. 1.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2, the automatic toilet seatcover dispenser 100 includes: a dispenser alert system 101, a dispensersensing system 102, a dispenser control system 103, a toilet seat coverdispensing system 104, and an electrical power system 105. The dispensersensing system 102 detects the user's demand of the toilet seat coversheet 201. In one embodiment, the dispenser sensing system 102 is a pushbutton switch 108 for the user to push when requesting the toilet seatcover sheet 201. In another embodiment, the dispenser sensing system 102is a motion sensor 106. When the user is in need of a toilet seat coversheet 201, the user waves a hand in front of the motion sensor 106 tosignal the demand of the toilet seat cover sheet 201.

In certain embodiments, after the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser100 receives the request of the toilet seat cover sheet 201, thedispenser control system 103 moves one toilet seat cover sheet 201 downvertically at a time from the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200. Thetoilet seat cover dispensing system 104 includes: a sliding cutter 109for cutting the toilet seat cover sheet 201 from the continuous toiletseat cover reel 200 along the printed sheet separation marking line 211.In one embodiment, the sliding cutter 109 is a manual driven slidingcutting mechanism for the user to cut the toilet seat cover sheet 201from the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200 along the printed sheetseparation marking line 211 manually. In another embodiment, the slidingcutter 109 is a motorized sliding cutting mechanism and the motorizedsliding cutter 109 cuts the toilet seat cover sheet 201 from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200 along the printed sheet separationmarking line 211 automatically.

In certain embodiments, when the user is in need of a toilet seat coversheet 201, the user activates the dispenser sensing system 102 to signalthat the user is in need of a toilet seat cover sheet 201, the dispensercontrol system 103 moves one toilet seat cover sheet 201 out of theautomatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 at a time from the continuoustoilet seat cover reel 200, and the toilet seat cover dispensing system104 cuts the toilet seat cover sheet 201 along the printed sheetseparation marking line 211 and delivers the cut toilet seat cover sheet201 to the user.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the dispenser alert system 101 ofthe automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 is a dispenser alertindicator 1011 for indicating that the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser 100 is out of toilet seat cover sheets 201 by lighting thedispenser alert indicator 1011. In another embodiment, as shown in FIG.1, the dispenser alert system 101 of the automatic toilet seat coverdispenser 100 is a wireless alert system 1012 (an electronic circuitinside of the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100) such that themaintenance staff may be electronically notified via emails or textmessage that the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 is out oftoilet seat cover sheets 201.

In one embodiment, the electrical power system 105 is one or morebatteries. In another embodiment, the electrical power system 105 is oneor more rechargeable batteries. In yet another embodiment, theelectrical power system 105 is an electrical power supply electricallyconnected to a wall outlet. In certain embodiments, the rechargeablebattery may include including lead-acid, nickel cadmium (NiCd), nickelmetal hydride (NiMH), lithium ion (Li-ion), and lithium ion polymer(Li-ion polymer). When the electrical power system 105 of the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser 100 is turned on, an electrical powerindicator 107 is lit up. When the electrical power system 105 of theautomatic toilet seat cover dispenser 100 is turned off, the electricalpower indicator 107 is turned off.

The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosurehas been presented only for the purposes of illustration and descriptionand is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to theprecise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possiblein light of the above teaching.

The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain theprinciples of the disclosure and their practical application so as toenable others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure and variousembodiments and with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will becomeapparent to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosurepertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, thescope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims ratherthan the foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments describedtherein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A toilet seat cover sheet dispensed through anautomatic toilet seat cover dispenser, comprising: a seat cover portion,wherein the seat cover portion includes a sheet separation marking lineprinted between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets to indicate wherethe toilet seat cover sheet is cut from a continuous toilet seat coverreel, and a splash prevention portion, wherein the splash preventionportion comprises a splash prevention tongue having a retention end anda bowl end, a plurality of attached segments and a plurality of detachedsegments along an outer edge of the splash prevention tongue to allow auser to separate partially the splash prevention tongue from the seatcover portion and allow the splash prevention tongue to hang into atoilet to prevent splash, and the retention end of the splash preventiontongue is located at a leading edge of each toilet seat cover sheet andexits the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser first.
 2. The toiletseat cover sheet of claim 1, wherein the continuous toilet seat coverreel comprises a predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets andeach toilet seat cover sheet has a predetermined length L.
 3. The toiletseat cover sheet of claim 1, wherein the printed sheet separationmarking line between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets guides theuser to cut the toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seatcover reel with a toilet seat cover dispensing system of the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser.
 4. The toilet seat cover sheet of claim 1,wherein the retention end of the splash prevention tongue comprises twovertical splash prevention perforated tear lines, one on each side ofthe retention end, for the user to partially separate the splashprevention portion from the seat cover portion, where the retention endof the splash prevention tongue remains attached to the seat coverportion, and the bowl end of the splash prevention tongue is separatedfrom the seat cover portion and is hanging into the toilet bowl forpresenting splash.
 5. The toilet seat cover sheet of claim 4, whereineach of the vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines comprisesthe plurality of attached segments and the plurality of detachedsegments for easy separation.
 6. The toilet seat cover sheet of claim 1,wherein each toilet seat cover sheet comprises a counting indicator,wherein the counting indicator comprises one of: an opto-electricalcounting hole punctured in a predetermined location of the toilet seatcover sheet; and a counting marking printed in a predetermined locationof the toilet seat cover sheet.
 7. The toilet seat cover sheet of claim1, wherein the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser, comprising: adispenser sensing system, wherein the dispenser sensing system detects auser's demand of the toilet seat cover sheet; a dispenser controlsystem, wherein the dispenser control system moves one toilet seat coversheet out vertically at a time from the continuous toilet seat coverreel; and a toilet seat cover dispensing system, wherein the toilet seatcover dispensing system delivers the toilet seat cover sheet to theuser, wherein the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser is installed ona bathroom wall and the toilet seat cover sheet is dispensed verticallyalong the toilet seat cover sheet moving direction, when the user is inneed of a toilet seat cover sheet, the user activates the dispensersensing system to signal that the user is in need of the toilet seatcover sheet, the dispenser control system moves one toilet seat coversheet out at a time from the continuous toilet seat cover reel, and thetoilet seat cover dispensing system cuts the toilet seat cover sheetalong the printed sheet separation marking line and delivers the cuttoilet seat cover sheet to the user.
 8. The toilet seat cover sheet ofclaim 7, wherein the dispenser sensing system comprises: a push buttonswitch for the user to request the toilet seat cover sheet; and a motionsensor for the user to request the toilet seat cover sheet.
 9. Thetoilet seat cover sheet of claim 7, wherein the toilet seat coverdispensing system further comprises: a sliding cutter for the user tocut the toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat coverreel along the printed sheet separation marking line, wherein thesliding cutter comprises a manual driven sliding cutting mechanism or amotorized sliding cutting mechanism.
 10. The toilet seat cover sheet ofclaim 7, wherein the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser furthercomprises a dispenser alert system, wherein the dispenser alert systemcomprises: a dispenser alert indicator for indicating that the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser is out of toilet seat cover sheets; and awireless alert system for wirelessly notifying a management staff thatthe automatic toilet seat cover dispenser is out of toilet seat coversheets.
 11. A continuous toilet seat cover reel for an automatic toiletseat cover dispenser, comprising: a plurality of toilet seat coversheets rolled in the continuous toilet seat cover reel, wherein each ofthe plurality of toilet seat cover sheets comprises: a seat coverportion, wherein the seat cover portion includes a sheet separationmarking line printed between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets toindicate where the toilet seat cover sheet is cut from the continuoustoilet seat cover reel, and a splash prevention portion, wherein thesplash prevention portion comprises a splash prevention tongue having aretention end and a bowl end, a plurality of attached segments and aplurality of detached segments along an outer edge of the splashprevention tongue to allow a user to separate partially the splashprevention tongue from the seat cover portion and allow the splashprevention tongue to hang into a toilet to prevent splash, and theretention end of the splash prevention tongue is located at a leadingedge of each toilet seat cover sheet and exits the automatic toilet seatcover dispenser first.
 12. The continuous toilet seat cover reel ofclaim 11, wherein the continuous toilet seat cover reel comprises apredetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets and each toilet seatcover sheet has a predetermined length L.
 13. The continuous toilet seatcover reel of claim 11, wherein the printed sheet separation markingline between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets guides the user tocut the toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat coverreel with a toilet seat cover dispensing system of the automatic toiletseat cover dispenser.
 14. The continuous toilet seat cover reel of claim11, wherein the retention end of the splash prevention tongue comprisestwo vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines, one on each sideof the retention end, for the user to partially separate the splashprevention portion from the seat cover portion, where the retention endof the splash prevention tongue remains attached to the seat coverportion, and the bowl end of the splash prevention tongue is separatedfrom the seat cover portion and is hanging into the toilet bowl forpresenting splash.
 15. The continuous toilet seat cover reel of claim14, wherein each of the vertical splash prevention perforated tear linescomprises the plurality of attached segments and the plurality ofdetached segments for easy separation.
 16. The continuous toilet seatcover reel of claim 11, wherein each toilet seat cover sheet comprises acounting indicator, wherein the counting indicator comprises one of: anopto-electrical counting hole punctured in a predetermined location ofthe toilet seat cover sheet; and a counting marking printed in apredetermined location of the toilet seat cover sheet.
 17. Thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel of claim 11, wherein the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser, comprising: a dispenser sensing system,wherein the dispenser sensing system detects a user's demand of thetoilet seat cover sheet; a dispenser control system, wherein thedispenser control system moves one toilet seat cover sheet outvertically at a time from the continuous toilet seat cover reel; and atoilet seat cover dispensing system, wherein the toilet seat coverdispensing system delivers the toilet seat cover sheet to the user,wherein the automatic toilet seat cover dispenser is installed on abathroom wall and the toilet seat cover sheet is dispensed verticallyalong the toilet seat cover sheet moving direction, when the user is inneed of a toilet seat cover sheet, the user activates the dispensersensing system to signal that the user is in need of the toilet seatcover sheet, the dispenser control system moves one toilet seat coversheet out at a time from the continuous toilet seat cover reel, and thetoilet seat cover dispensing system cuts the toilet seat cover sheetalong the printed sheet separation marking line and delivers the cuttoilet seat cover sheet to the user.
 18. The continuous toilet seatcover reel of claim 17, wherein the dispenser sensing system comprises:a push button switch for the user to request the toilet seat coversheet; and a motion sensor for the user to request the toilet seat coversheet.
 19. The continuous toilet seat cover reel of claim 17, whereinthe toilet seat cover dispensing system further comprises: a slidingcutter for the user to cut the toilet seat cover sheet from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel along the printed sheet separationmarking line, wherein the sliding cutter comprises a manual drivensliding cutting mechanism or a motorized sliding cutting mechanism. 20.The continuous toilet seat cover reel of claim 17, wherein the automatictoilet seat cover dispenser further comprises a dispenser alert system,wherein the dispenser alert system comprises: a dispenser alertindicator for indicating that the automatic toilet seat cover dispenseris out of toilet seat cover sheets; and a wireless alert system forwirelessly notifying a management staff that the automatic toilet seatcover dispenser is out of toilet seat cover sheets.